New from 404 Media: for the first time in a decade, Kodak is selling its own film. This sidesteps a bizarre distribution agreement that has been in place since its bankruptcy. Now it's direct.
New: 404 Media and Freedom of the Press Foundation are suing DHS. We're seeking a copy of a data agreement that is giving ICE the personal data of nearly 80 million Medicaid patients. This is on top of our other lawsuit seeking ICE's $2 million spyware contract
The 404 Media Podcast is up! This week:
- landlords demanding workplace logins to scrape your paystubs
- 18 lawyers explain why they used AI (after getting caught)
- subscribers: the Ruby drama
Apple/Spotify/YouTube:
New from 404 Media: ICE to buy tool that tracks locations of hundreds of millions of phones every day. Billions of pieces of location data. ICE previously stopped using data remotely harvested from smartphones. Now it's buying it again. Usually used w/o warrant
New from 404 Media: Google just removed seven years of political advertising history from 27 countries. Google's Ad Transparency Center no longer shows political ads from any countries in the EU. Much harder for accountability now.
People pinging me about the FBI applying for 'remote access' to hack Telegram: I read the document itself last week (via CourtWatch) and it’s just a warrant to use the person’s phone to log into their Telegram account. Good and normal. 'Remote access’ makes it sound more interesting than it is.
New from 404 Media: we've closely been following the wave of lawyers getting caught using AI. But now we know why: here 18 lawyers explain why they used AI. They blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.
New from 404 Media: Reddit mods sued by YouTuber Ethan Klein are fighting a subpoena designed to unmask their real identities. They fear "sexual violence, extortion, fans showing up to their home, and endless years of harassment," asking judge to not grant it
